11 women's and 10 men's teams participate in NCAA Division III in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). Pomona-Pitzer's mascot is Cecil the Sagehen, a greater sage-grouse, and its colors are blue and orange. Its main rival is the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas (CMS), the other sports combination of the Claremont Colleges. The Sagehens ranked 15th out of 323 competing Division III schools and 2nd among SCIAC schools in the 2024–2025 Division III NACDA Directors' Cup, which ranks athletics programs and awards points relative to their finish in NCAA championships.
Club and intramural sports are also offered in various areas, such as dodgeball, flag football, and surfing. The physical education department offers a variety of activity classes each semester, such as karate, playground games, geocaching, and social dance.
==== Athletics history ====
Pomona's first intercollegiate sports teams were formed in 1895. They competed under several names in the school's early years; …
